What did immigration hawks say?

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which lobbies for fewer migrants, asked followers on Twitter to burn their Make America Great Hats, which Trump supporters wore during his campaign.

Ann Coulter, the author of the book In Trump We Trust, labelled it "a crap deal".

"Ladies and gentlemen, we just gave up half the battlefield," Mr Levin told listeners on Thursday night.

Kelli Ward, a Republican Senate candidate from the US border state of Arizona, told ABC News: "I respectfully and strongly disagree with the White House's framework for immigration that they put out."

After Mr Trump first suggested the idea of giving citizenship to some undocumented immigrants, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, told Bloomberg News: "I do not believe we should be granting a path to citizenship to anybody here illegally."

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What's the plan?

The framework seeks to curtail so-called chain migration, permitting US residents only to obtain residency visas for their spouse and children, not extended family members.

But the most eye-catching proposal sets out a 10-12-year path to citizenship for 1.8 million people.

This includes some 700,000 so-called Dreamers, immigrants who illegally entered the US as children and were protected from deportation under an Obama-era programme, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca).

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The other 1.1 million would be immigrants who did not apply for Daca but are eligible for the scheme.